Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Aug 1928, p. 41

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

August li', 1928 WILMETTE LIPB money's worth ~nd their right change back. Mr. Budmger also had to see that the things started on time, for instance the parade. JUNIOR NEWS (Continued from Page 40) I I · Round of Activity in Playground , '1 Ooain1 Reporters Learn ' How Wilmette Day Director Does Job As we walked in the Wilmette State bank last Monday morning to interview Mr. ]. M. Budinger about his problems as chairman on Wilmette Day, we saw nothing but calendars marked Monday the 13th, which added to the quaking feeling we had in our knees. After wattmg about forty-five minutes we finally got up nerve to ask Mr. Budinger if he would .tell us about his troubles on Wilmette Day. He asked us to step into his office while he finished talking to a man. Mr. Budinger came back to where we were sitting and told , .us that his· greatest trouble was to see that everyone was taken care of and the little children were out of the way of getting hurt. Some of his other troubles were seeing to it that there were enough men and enough provisions in each booth. Mr. Budinger also had to see that the program was carried out and that - the lights would work for the night program. Another thing he had to do was to see that the people had police protection, that they got their The playground season is coming Mr. Budinger then asked us if there to an end tomorrow afternoon, Au' was ~nything else he could tell us. \Ve gust 17. told him no and thanked him Our Th f h' · knees were still sh k' :· 1 e program or t ts week at Laurel a mg 50 vto1 ent Y was as follows· when we got on our bicycles that it ~ · · was hard to make the pedals go Tu~sday, 10 .A. M .. : Laurel Gtrls around.-Florence Read and G et vs. \ attman Gtrls, Ktckball. vonReinsperg, Laurel Playground r e Tuesday, 2 P. M.: The girls gave a play entitled, usomebody's Princess." Wednesday we took our lunches Village Green Baseball down to the lak~ and were in the Carnival. Nine Defeats Vattman Pk. Water We spent the time during the rest The Vattman Park playground ball of the week having the best time that team played the Village Green Mon- we could. day, .\ugust 6, at the .Village Green. Today the medals are awarded to Vattm~n was beaten for the first time the winners of the efficiency contest. this season. The score was 3 to 2. It -Colin Finlayson, Laurel playground was a good game all th~ way through. Vattl}.an gets the championship because we have lmt only one game. The Enjoy Theater Party as Beach forfeited to Laurel on the same Children's Parade Prize. day. The standings of the ·teams are as follows: Saturday, August 11, we had our Won Lost Per Cent the~ter party at the Te_ atro del Lago. SJJ We won the party in the Wilmette 5 1 Vattman Day children's parade. 4 Laurel 2 666 Rod ~a Rocque was playing in Viltafi{e Green 3 3 500 "Hold 'Em Yale." A moving truck 2 4 Beach took us down and hack. All the way . k H k V 333 - 0 tc uc attman d · ' own and back _ we were yellmg our ------playground yells. We gave one big There are 171 Jewish congregations vel! J?efor~ the show and one after. It in Illinois, owning synagogue buildings, certamly was fun. \'alued at $7,754,478. -Gertrude Goelz, Village Green This Living Room Chair in your choice of tapestry all over. Regular $20.7 5 S50 value, now ~- I NMATt:HHD VARIETY PRI ~ ID~ ~ D~ A~D High Back Living Room Chair in linen velvet. Reg· ular $65 value, $3~ .OO now iJ=== YOUR DOOR ALMOST AT E your own "Inquiring Reporter." Go to Uptown Chicago. It's a short ride. Or if you drive there's always ample parking space. Shop leisurely for foods, wearing apparel, anything, in half the usual time. Compare prices and variety. You'll see why Uptown Chicago is the shopping center of a million people. Then round out the day with a . mad.nee, or with lunch in a charming place, and be home again quickly . and comfortably. Why go miles for what's almost at your door? B UPTOWN CHICAGO ODe o( a eerie. of adverd.emeon for Uptown Cblca8o epoa-d eored by the Central Uptown Chicaao AllodatfOG an paid for cooperatively by Upcown Chia~~o'· bueinell men <;l This large English Lounging Chair in your choice of tapestry rovered all over. Regular $135 value, now $69·00 = AA.tCYLE ~ 1'1 ' d. ~ .. u ~ "" ,. MONTROSE Shopping Center of a Million People ----

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy